A 37-YR.-OLD MAN WAS ARRESTED WEDNESDAY AND CHARGED BEFORE A MAGISTRATE Friday with the deaths of two apprentice jockeys who died in a fire in an apartment on September 5 in Yorkshire, England.
Jamie Kyne (left) and Jan Wilson
(RacingFotos.com)
Firegeezer carried a video REPORT HERE September 6 on the gruesome deaths of Jan Wilson, a 19-yr.-old woman from Scotland who had recently won her first race, and Jamie Kyne, 18, who had been touted as one of Ireland’s most promising young jockeys. The two victims were attending a small party with other apprentices when somebody set a deliberate fire in the hallway, trapping the occupants inside. One of the residents who shared the flat with Kyne managed to jump out the upper story window and survived.
The suspect, Peter Brown of North Yorkshire appeared for 3 minutes to verify his identity before he was remanded to custody to await a hearing before the Crown Court on December 4. His soliciter declined to apply for bail.
It was claimed that the blaze started following a minor row when a man was refused entry into the flat where the jockeys and their friends were having the party. Brown lived in the block of flats at the time. He was originally arrested just hours after the fire but was released without charge.
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